Senior Kafka Developer

Senior Kafka Developer

Category: Software Development/ Engineering

Main location: United States, Maryland, Baltimore

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Employment Type: Full Time

CGI is in the top 5 largest global IT companies spread across 40 countries with endless opportunities to expand and grow. As a Federal CGI Partner, you have the opportunity to be a shareholder at CGI and join a family of 91,000 CGI Partners strong.

CGI is seeking a Senior Kafka Developer / Java Engineer to serve as a technical lead supporting enterprise-level event streaming, API modernization, and distributed application development for a large federal agency. This role drives the architecture and implementation of high-volume Kafka pipelines, cloud-ready Java services, and modern integration patterns across mission‑critical systems.

This position is located in Baltimore, MD

• Architect, design, and develop event‑driven services using Apache Kafka, Confluent tooling, Kafka Streams, and Java‑based microservices.
• Build and enhance RESTful APIs, Spring Boot services, and cloud‑native components that integrate with enterprise systems and shared services.
• Provide technical leadership to development teams, including mentoring junior and mid‑level engineers and guiding best practices for coding, testing, and integration.
• Partner with product owners, analysts, and engineering teams to translate business needs into scalable, secure, and resilient technical solutions.
• Participate fully in Agile delivery, including refinement, planning, demos, retrospectives, and team collaboration ceremonies.
• Lead troubleshooting and optimization efforts for event pipelines, distributed services, schema evolution, and system performance issues.
• Support modernization initiatives by contributing to architectural design, documentation, technical evaluations, and solution recommendations.
• Develop and maintain automated build and deployment pipelines using approved Dev Ops tools and enterprise development standards.

• Ability to obtain and maintain Public Trust clearance
• Bachelor's degree +14 years of relevant IT experience
• 10+ years of hands‑on Java development and solution design in enterprise environments.
• Strong, demonstrable experience with Apache Kafka, including Confluent platform components, Kafka Streams, schema management, and secure event routing.
• Background developing REST services, microservices, and API‑based integrations using Spring Framework and Spring Boot.
• Experience delivering software on Agile teams, preferably using scaled Agile frameworks.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and modern Dev Ops tools such as Git/Bitbucket, Jenkins, Nexus, Maven, Jira, Open Shift, or similar platforms.
• Strong understanding of JSON‑based integrations, service standards, and secure interface design.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and analytical skills with the ability to lead technical discussions.
• Extensive Design and Programming skills in Java and JEE technologies.
• Strong experience working with RESTFUL API
• Extensive development skills using latest Spring Boot and Spring Security Experience.
• Experience identifying requirements, researching options, designing and implementing solutions at a leadership level on project work.
• Experience with modern development software, tools, and methodologies;
  Jenkins, Git/Bit Bucket, Jira, Nexus, Maven, Jenkins, Open Shift, Urban Code Deploy.

• Experience implementing event streaming architectures for high‑availability or large‑scale environments within government or regulated industries.
• Knowledge of cloud‑native development and deploying applications to AWS or similar federal cloud platforms.
• Familiarity with writing technical design documents, architecture white papers, and system modernization proposals.
• Understanding of accessibility and compliance requirements (such as Section 508) in federal applications.
• Prior experience supporting federal government IT modernization efforts or legacy‑to‑cloud transition programs.

CGI Federal’s compensation range for this role in the U.S. is $89,600.00 – $.

• Competitive…